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"We put it down there and it looked amazing," said Rebecca Bond, who started the project.

"We had permission from Big Mac Slabs furniture and placed it on one of their tables by the beach."

It was placed at sunrise on February 4 and by 8.30am when Rebecca went back past it, it was gone.

"We had it tied down well and with rocks so it couldn't blow away, along with pamphlets about Te Ara Korowai. I was gobsmacked."

Relieving at Te Ara Korowai Wellbeing Centre over the summer, Rebecca started the project with participants in Te Ara Korowai's creativity workshops, volunteers and even some board members, spending close to 40 hours on it.

With two goals in mind — needing a project and creating mental health awareness for her art classes — Rebecca wanted to create something different that everyone could participate in, with few rules so that creativity could flow and the participants could have fun.

"The tablecloth idea came to me as tables have always been a place to gather, talk and listen and I thought this could involve the community and encourage them to be more open and spark more conversations around mental health and wellbeing.

"The table is a place where we interact with others — with family, friends, colleagues and even enemies.